Apron dress



IVI. E. HODGE.

APRON DRESS. APPLICATION FILED olcr. a. 1919.

Pafnted Feb. 14, 1922.

` UNITED STATES MARY EDITH HODGE, OF WENONA, ILLINOIS.

APRON DRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

Application iiled October 8, 1919. Serial No. 329,198.

To all wh om t may con-cem Be it known that I, MARY EDITH HonGE, acitizen ot' the United States. a resident of lVenona. in the county ofMarshall and State of Illinois, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Apron Dresses, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anapron, and among other objects, it has to provide a reversible garmentIso that when the front thereof be.

comes soiled, the back may be turned around to serve as a new and cleanfront side.

A further aim of the invention is to minimize the cost of manufactureand material, and facilita-tethe making of the same by constructing theapron of a one-piece top and a two-piece skirt portion, with a readilyremovable belt or sash. for giving the necessary inished appearance tothe garment.

In the drawingfi Figure l is a viewo` the apron from one side;

Figure 2 is asimilar view of the reverse side of the apron; i

Figure 31s a horizontal section on line 3--3 of Figure l, through theskirt portion,

Figure 4 is a vertical section on line L1--4 of Figure 1 through asleeve;

i Referring more-in detail to the drawing, the top or waist portion ismade from a single piece of material folded midway upon itself, asindicated at 2. This folded edge 2 has a semi-circular cut-out, which,when the folded material is opened, constitutes the neck opening 3 ofsufficient size to permit the garment slipping on and od over the headof the wearer. The lower corners of the folded top piece are cut away bysubstantially arcuate incisions, thereby according a. cruciform shape tothe blank or unfolded pattern. The outwardly and oppostitc d along theirlower edges only, and the seams turned in, said stitching continuingdownwardly to close up the sides of the waist portion.

The skirt portion 5 consists of two similar sitely extending sleeves 4thus formed are4 pieces of material stitched together and their sea-msturned in as depicted at 6 in Figure 3. The skirt portion is gathered atits upper edge and stitched to the lower edge ot the waist portion at 7,and designed to encircle the garment at this stitched waist line, is adetachable belt 8, which has its ends 9 hanging together to produce aneat -and finished sash effect. or otherwise temporarily secured at twoor more points, such as 1n front and back. Therefore, when it becomes.necessary or desirous to reverse the garment, the belt may be detached,'turn about to bring the back ot' the belt to the formerly front, butnow back side of the apronfand re-attached in its new position.

The pockets 10 are positioned directly opposite to each other on thesides of the apron so as to be in convenient reach when the garment isvworn in either position.

By reason of its three-piece construction. the manufacture of the apronmay be carried ou very expeditiously. The garment is practical and of a.Very advantageous design, being reversible, containing no biases and notrequiring any buttons, or fastening means ot' any kind.y

What I claim is:

The belt may be tacked A reversible apron dress comprising a onepiecewaist part of cruciform formed of a folded -piece of materialliaving aneck opening in the line of fold and having oppositely extending sleeveportions, a skirt part formed fof two similar pieces -of materialthewaist part is back of the apron to accommodate it to the g reversibilityof the apron and 'arranged over the stitching bet-Ween parts.

In wit-ness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand this 22nd' da of' Setember, 1919.

MARY DIT HODGE.

the waist andskirt

